Sylvain Cordier / Cream-coloured courser (Cursorius cursor), Socotra Island, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Yemen.

Nick Upton / Cream-coloured courser (Cursorius cursor) standing upright during courtship in steppe scrubland, Jandia Natural Park, Fuerteventura, Canary Islands, May.

Nick Upton / Cream-coloured courser (Cursorius cursor) bowing during courtship in steppe scrubland, Jandia Natural Park, Fuerteventura, Canary Islands, May.

Javier Aznar / Cream-coloured Courser (Cursorius cursor) in desert, Western Sahara.

Markus Varesvuo / Cream-coloured courser (Cursorius cursor), Morocco, March.

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Cream coloured courser {Cursorius cursor} preening, Sohar, Oman, December

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Cream coloured courser {Cursorius cursor} Sohar, Oman, December

Bruno D'Amicis / Cream-coloured courser (Cursorius cursor) adult running, Sahara desert, Morocco, NW Africa

Bruno D'Amicis / Cream-coloured courser (Cursorius cursor) adult walking, Sahara desert, Morocco, NW Africa

Bruno D'Amicis / Cream-coloured courser (Cursorius cursor) adult, Sahara desert, Morocco, NW Africa

Richard Du Toit / Two / Double banded courser {Rhinoptilus africanus} amongst Little Devil flowers, Spring, Kalahari Gemsbok NP, South Africa

Roland Seitre / Cream-coloured courser (Cursorius cursor) portrait, Oriental, Morocco.

Roland Seitre / Cream-coloured courser (Cursorius cursor) standing in desert scrubland, Oriental, Morocco.

Roland Seitre / Cream-coloured courser (Cursorius cursor) Fuerteventura, Canary Islands

Roland Seitre / Inland dotterel (Peltohyas australis/Charadrius australis) Australia.